Name _ Due Date _ The Watergate Scandal Pg. 1008 What was the Watergate scandal? What are two actions taken by President Nixon that reinforced the idea of an imperial presidency? Which 4 men were part of Nixon’s inner circle who supported Nixon’s secrecy and increase of power?
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3. 4. What did Nixon’s re-election campaign team plan the burglary at the Watergate Hotel? What were the burglars trying to do when they were caught by the security guard? What are 2 ways the Nixon administration tried to cover up their involvement in the burglary? Who were Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein? What did they do? Was Nixon re-elected in 1972? What did James Mc Cord reveal in a letter to the judge presiding over the burglars’ trial? How was the media involved in the Senate’s investigation of the Watergate burglary? What did Presidential aid Alexander Butterfield tell the Senate committee which provided key evidence in the investigation? What was the Saturday Night Massacre? Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign? Who replaced him? Why did the fight over the tapes go all the way to the Supreme Court? Which 3 crimes was the House Judiciary Committee going to use as a justification of impeaching President Nixon? How did President Nixon explain the 18 ½ minute gap in the tapes? What did the tape dated June 23, 1972 reveal? What happened on August 8, 1974 before the House could vote on the articles of impeachment? WAS PRESIDENT NIXON IMPEACHED? What happened to 25 members of Nixon’s administration? How did the Watergate scandal change public opinion about the president and our government?
Name _ Due Date _
The Watergate Scandal
Pg. 1008
What was the Watergate scandal?
What are two actions taken by President Nixon that reinforced the idea of an imperial presidency?
Which 4 men were part of Nixon’s inner circle who supported Nixon’s secrecy and increase of power?
3. 4.
What did Nixon’s re-election campaign team plan the burglary at the Watergate Hotel?
What were the burglars trying to do when they were caught by the security guard?
What are 2 ways the Nixon administration tried to cover up their involvement in the burglary?
Who were Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein? What did they do?
Was Nixon re-elected in 1972?
What did James Mc Cord reveal in a letter to the judge presiding over the burglars’ trial?
How was the media involved in the Senate’s investigation of the Watergate burglary?
What did Presidential aid Alexander Butterfield tell the Senate committee which provided key evidence in the investigation?
What was the Saturday Night Massacre?
Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign? Who replaced him?
Why did the fight over the tapes go all the way to the Supreme Court?
Which 3 crimes was the House Judiciary Committee going to use as a justification of impeaching President Nixon?
How did President Nixon explain the 18 ½ minute gap in the tapes?
What did the tape dated June 23, 1972 reveal?
What happened on August 8, 1974 before the House could vote on the articles of impeachment?
WAS PRESIDENT NIXON IMPEACHED?
What happened to 25 members of Nixon’s administration?
How did the Watergate scandal change public opinion about the president and our government?